One Thousand Targets Hit: Six Americans Dead as Iran Races to Replace Khamenei

It is day four of Operation Epic Fury and the scale of this conflict is now without modern precedent. The United States has confirmed more than one thousand targets inside Iran have been struck using over twenty different weapons systems — the most comprehensive application of American military force since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Six American service members are now dead, three more than yesterday, including three pilots killed in a friendly fire incident over Kuwait. The financial cost has already exceeded one point four billion dollars and is climbing by hundreds of millions every day.

Inside Iran, the race to choose a new Supreme Leader is underway with no clear frontrunner. The temporary three-person leadership council is deeply divided. Iran's own Foreign Minister admitted that military units are firing at targets without central command approval. Oil is trading above eighty-five dollars a barrel. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed. A commercial oil tanker was struck in international waters. And behind closed doors, back-channel negotiations continue through Oman even as the bombs keep falling.

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